Date of Award
8-1990
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Biology
First Advisor
Dr. William S.Woolcott
Second Advisor
Dr. Francis B. Leftwich
Third Advisor
Dr. Richard W. Topham
Abstract
Summer somatic indices of three and four year old striped bass (Morone saxatilis) from Lake Anna (LA), Virginia, a cooling water reservoir, indicated prey ingestion was not sufficient to maintain growth during summer months when striped bass metabolism was elevated by thermal and hypoxic stress. Vitello-lipid and vitello-protein concentrations of stressed LA striped bass were compared to those of non-stressed striped bass from Smith Mountain Lake (SML) , Virginia, a hydroelectric reservoir. Seasonal comparisons of LA and SML striped bass vitello-lipid concentrations and vitello-protein concentrations showed no significant differences between sites (P [less than or equal to] 0.05). Vitello nutrients were not utilized as metabolic substrates by stressed LA striped bass, indicating striped bass vitello-nutrient deposition is not significantly affected by thermal, hypoxic, and starvation stresses of eight to ten weeks duration.
Recommended Citation
Grimes, David Van, "Vitello-lipid and vitello-protein deposition in environmentally stressed and non-stressed populations of Morone saxatilis (striped bass)" (1990). Master's Theses. 572.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/572